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RE: fbx import – getting take names?

Well, you can read the file with a fileStream too if you know where to search But the XML implementation is quite simple and mainstream, just keep in…

15 years ago
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RE: fbx import – getting take names?

Hi Is the fbx binary or in ASCII format? If it is ASCII, you can just get the take names by loading the xml in (I think fbx uses XML format) via dotN…

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RE: align biped limb to object

I had the same problem before, where I wanted to align a finger node to a specific spot and I had a function to calculate the direction and scale leng…

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RE: align biped limb to object

You might want to calculate the transformation matrix before instead of moving the whole object. Basically to get local/parent rotation/translation, y…

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RE: align biped limb to object

Hi You could try instead of using the biped.setTransform function, to directly apply the transformation matrix: tempTM = BipedObject.transform tem…

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RE: retrieving rotation values > 360

Hi This rotation > 360 issue just matters, if you blend keys. To prevent this, just check each previous key of the controller if it is in reach o…

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RE: Driving object with Biped

Hi We had the same issue in our pipeline and we used the Prop1 for this. If you go into Figure-Mode->Structure, you see the prop1 checkbox. Prop1 …

16 years ago
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RE: Biped Preview image as TGA included in .bip files

Ohh, nice work man! Well, I got it only working so far with MAXScript, but it would make more sense to actually have it available outside of Max too …

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RE: Biped Preview image as TGA included in .bip files

Here is the function to extract the bitmap from the max file. Is quite fast too I hope Autodesk does not change their format now function extractM…

16 years ago
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RE: Biped Preview image as TGA included in .bip files

This works only for the first preview image of the Biped file. If you want to access the rest of them (max. 5 I think) then you need to the same steps…

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RE: Biped Preview image as TGA included in .bip files

Ok, I got it now working. What it does: Reads the file and gets the end point of the TGA part Writes the TGA out to a seperate file which can then …

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RE: Biped Preview image as TGA included in .bip files

You could open the file binary (openFile <filename_string> mode:“rb”), read the file with readDelimitedString <filestream> “TRUEVISION-XFI…

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